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One of five Nobel Prizes
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five original Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
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South African lawyer and judge (born 1941)
Navanethem Pillay is a South African jurist who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. A South African of Tamil origin, Pillay was the first non-white female judge of the High Court of South Africa. She has also served as a judge of the International Criminal Court and president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026 for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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Türkiye's parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus welcomed the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay, praising her documentation of alleged Israeli crimes in Gaza and her refusal to bow to political pressure.
Palestine has welcomed South African jurist Navi Pillay’s 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, praising her work on international law and Palestinian rights.